[LAU] Music made with linux: Banksters - Dubby Dubstep

[Q]

Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just uploaded this new track. It's kind of a dub/dubstep blend. With a bit
> of tech and some skanking riddims in the mix.
> 
> http://djcj.org/audio/kotau/banksters/Banksters-DJ_Kotau_Session_2010-12-06.flac
> http://djcj.org/audio/kotau/banksters/Banksters-DJ_Kotau_Session_2010-12-06.ogg
> 
> It's not "perfect" but I'm not sure how much more time I can spend on it
> so thought it would be good to get it out now while it is fresh.
> 
> The ogg was normalised by ardour3 (default settings). I think the overall
> levels on both versions are a bit quiet in general.
> 
> Recorded with hydrogen (default 303 kit), ams (basslines/fx) and ardour3.
> Uses the Calf Vintage delay for the delay lines.
> 
> This one is not as experimental as some of my other work so maybe a bit
> more accessible.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> 
Hi Patrick

I don't know why, but I listened to your piece. Assuming it is 
representative to some degree of those genres and electronic music in 
general, it only confirmed what I already know, that I don't like these 
genres and can find nothing to appreciate in them.

The piece was too repetitive and simplistic to hold my attention and 
interest. I also found what I perceived to be the intended message of 
the words, to be a cliched gross oversimplification that has become very 
tiresome and grating in the last few years, but that subject is way, way 
OT for this list. But that's not really important as the focus doesn't 
seem to be on the vocals anyway.

The mix sounded okay to me, but as already mentioned, I'm really not at 
all qualified to offer any meaningful comment on it as it is far removed 
from what I usually listen to. However, it was a little more accessible 
than previous work of yours that I've heard. It is rather quiet, as you 
suggest, with very little energy and punch.

I suppose this is the problem -- Linux is fairly niche in music-making 
circles and then genres of music can be pretty small niches as well, so 
the audience is even smaller still.

I'm a regular on the KVR Audio forums (www.kvraudio.com) and whilst 
there's all sorts of music people put up there, there does seem to be a 
very strong following for all sorts of electronic music. Perhaps you'd 
find more of an audience and constructive criticism there (for the music 
at least, sadly certainly much less so for the Linux aspects).

Thanks for sharing and sorry for not being able to offer any 
constructive criticism.

And an off-topic aside: keep up the good work with your annual round-up 
of Linux-made music. I did release something earlier in the year but it 
was only a very short bit of a work-in-progress so isn't really worth 
bothering about.

Cheers

Q